culled

American  

[kuhld] / kʌld /

adjective

1. selected, either as desirable or undesirable, and removed from a larger group.

   A number of culled sows were condemned due to emaciation.

2. subjected to or reduced by this process.

   In the aftermath of the avian flu outbreak, many poultry farmers made claims seeking compensation for culled flocks.

3. gathered or collected.

   This “reinvention” theory of art resonates especially with artists whose work relies on culled or salvaged materials.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of cull.

Other Word Forms

• unculled
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of culled

cull ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Or they might recognize the Feng Shui Yundo culled from the nearby Korean Cultural Center.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

The local government's aim is to cut that population by half, and 24,000 animals have been culled so far this year.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Mr. Allport, a historian at Syracuse University, found this lovely missive in the digital archive of RAF Bomber Command, one of the many archives he has culled to put this book together.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

“We help about 1,400 families a month and we plucked out who had experience at large financial institutions that we could learn from, and culled records from at least a thousand,” said Walter.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026

I culled symptoms of mono, plantar warts, shingles, borderline personality disorder and a bladder infection, as well as listing a bunch of side effects from some TV ads for drugs.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen

Related Words

• accumulated
• collected
• concentrated
• huddled
• massed
• reunited